Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Burke, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
David Burke registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
David Burke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Burke
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsDavid Burke reported 3 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Burkes elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 10 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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